"I think both characters are more realistic to us, to society now," Snyder told SFX. "Clark to me was always too good to really relate to.

"He was a little too much this perfect boy scout, and although Lois was feisty and strong she was still always the one being rescued. Not to say that she doesn't get rescued in our movie, but she rescues him right back, in so many other ways, emotionally."